Wallpaper author:
David Tonucci
25 Sept 2026
Running Man Nebula in Orion
The Running Man Nebula is a bright reflection nebula in the constellation Orion, sitting right in Orion's Sword just north of the famous, much larger Orion Nebula. It looks like a human figure running through space because dark dust lanes break up the glowing gas.
Dataset from which the image was processed
NGC 1975 - The Running Man Nebula
18 credit
- Type of target............................................................................................................................Diffuse Nebula
- Camera............................................................................................................................FLI Proline PL16803
- Target coordinates............................................................................................................................RA 83.8254 Dec -4.6847
- Hemisphere............................................................................................................................Northern
- Telescope location............................................................................................................................United States of America
- Transient event............................................................................................................................No
- Observed on............................................................................................................................19 Nov 2018 - 23 Feb 2019
Filter | Avg Exp (s) | Total Exposure | Subframes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Luminance | 1886 | 7h20m | 14 |
| Red | 1029 | 4h | 14 |
| Green | 943 | 3h40m | 14 |
| Blue | 943 | 3h40m | 14 |